{"id":19265,"date":"2026-03-05T10:23:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T08:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/?p=19265"},"modified":"2026-03-05T10:59:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T08:59:49","slug":"stats-biz-february-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/?p=19265","title":{"rendered":"Stats Biz \u2013 February 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The braai brought many friends and family together this past December. South Africa\u2019s favourite pastime is a staple of any holiday season. An exploration of ten favourite braai-related items shows that the activity has become more expensive over time. Explore the cost of a braai, as well as other stories, in this edition of Stats Biz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/StatsBiz_February2026.pdf\">Download Stats Biz \u2013 February 2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The braai brought many friends and family together this past December. South Africa\u2019s favourite pastime is a staple of any holiday season. An exploration of ten favourite braai-related items shows that the activity has become more expensive over time. Explore the cost of a braai, as well as other stories, in this edition of Stats&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/?p=19265\" class=\"btn btn-mini btn-info pull-right\" style=\"margin:10px 30px;\">read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stats-biz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19265"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19427,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19265\/revisions\/19427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}